Logroño, (EFE).- The new legislation obliges schools to incorporate the figure of the delegates or managers of coexistence, a figure that affects the work that counselors already do in many schools, who “are true heroes” for the lack of means and training to face this work.
Joaquín Manuel González Cabrera, who since 2015 has directed the Cyberpsychology research group at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), which has developed different works on bullying in the school environment and through of new technologies.
“Continuous recycling is in the DNA of teachers, but when addressing coexistence in centers, traditional practices are still maintained,” says González Cabrera, who admits that “teachers are being trained better each time, but fundamentally they are taught to teach ” and “issues of coexistence are limited to what the Law establishes”.
With this dynamic comes the figure of “wellness coordinator” in the centers “who is a precious figure” but “they are forced to be heroes” because “they have tasks in 11 different areas, from food to violence prevention, sexual harassment, family problems”.
In addition, “in most of the autonomous communities for this function they will not have a salary supplement or a reduction in teaching hours” and “specific training is necessary for these professionals” because “not because they are going to have an appointment They will be wiser.”
The mobile, a hand grenade for children
Along with schools and teachers, the other great “leg” to fight against bullying is in families, especially boys who become “aggressors”, details this expert, doctor in Social Psychology and Science Methodology of Behavior.
But in this field, as in others, “the Internet has complicated things” because “while school cases occur in schools, in cyberbullying there is no such location, it is done online, and that is where families come into play.” ”.
From their research group they advocate, in this sense, for “online parental mediation” for the use of technological devices and “at increasingly younger ages”.
“In a decade families have experienced circumstances for which many are not prepared and also technology advances at great speed” for which “we must give them skills” and in context he considers that “mobile phones cannot be a gift that is given to children to keep them quiet, because for them it is like a hand grenade” and “only when a minor feels they have some kind of supervision will the problems be reduced,” he concludes.